Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein

thumb|300px|Two buffaloes '''''' is a farm in the North West province of South Africa that is noted for its unusually long place name of 44 characters—the longest in South Africa and possibly fourth-longest in the world. Located in the Ditsobotla Local Municipality of the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, some east of the town of Lichtenburg and west of Pretoria, the name in Afrikaans means "the spring where two buffaloes were shot stone-dead with one shot" (). Originally granted to A.P. de Nysschen on 24 April 1866 by the government of the South African Republic, is also sometimes kn

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thumb|300px|Two buffaloes '''' is a farm in the North West province of South Africa that is noted for its unusually long place name of 44 characters—the longest in South Africa and possibly fourth-longest in the world. Located in the Ditsobotla Local Municipality of the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, some east of the town of Lichtenburg and west of Pretoria, the name in Afrikaans means "the spring where two buffaloes were shot stone-dead with one shot" (). Originally granted to A.P. de Nysschen on 24 April 1866 by the government of the South African Republic, is also sometimes known by the shortenings (Two buffaloes) and (Two buffaloes shot).

== Name == The name in Afrikaans means "the spring where two buffaloes were shot stone-dead with one shot" (). 44 characters long, it is the longest place name in South Africa and possibly fourth-longest in the world. The literal translation is "Twee buffels" = "Two buffaloes", "met een skoot" = "with one shot"; "" = "stone dead"; "" = "shot"; "" = "spring (river source)" or "fountain". For brevity, it is sometimes known by the shortenings (Two buffaloes) and (Two buffaloes shot).